The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12

THE ADDRESS OF PROF. ELLIOT CoUEs,
at the annual commencement of the
National Medical College, Washington,
just published in pamphlet form, makes
interesting reading The Medical Depart
ment of Columbian University graduated
its first women students at the end of the
last school year. Prof. Coues' address was
inspired by this fact, and its advocacy of
the equal claims of women to all the fruits
OF modern civilization was so pronounced
that the faculty, unwilling to print 1t,
| resolved to omit the customary pubhcatlon
of the annual addresses. Prof. Coues at
once resigned his position and has placed his
words on record before the public. Char
acteristic sentences are his advice to
women Think, be and do for yourselves
and take the consequences. A woman says
TO herself, Your medical college does not
suit me, therefore | will make it over
And the thing is done She says to society,
Il helped to make you what you are. will
help to make you over again if you do not
suit me-. No one can fOretell the result or
presume to limit the power of this splendid
spirit of, individual right to in
| dividual opinion, to individual char
acter, to individual conduct. What
next! If we would be wise let us propheSy
after the event Whatever the case may
be there will be a woman in the case. God
bless her."
New York Buddhist are growing in
numbers, and include in their ranks men
and women who are never named with or
suspected of belonging to the mystics. New
York is not like Boston, it never loses its
head sufficiently to neglect precautions
against being laughed at by the sceptical.
and the circles of believers are shy of get
ting before the public. Nevertheless there
is money subscribed for a Buddhist temple
and the building itself may materialize
before long New York BuddhistS accept
the doctrines of reincarnation and Nirvana,
and | could mention several who keep
themselves in constant communication
with the High Priest of Ceylon. There are
converts among them well known as
writers who carry on something of a
propaganda through newspapers and
magazines, always using nom de plume, or
suppressing the signature lest the knowledge
of their connection with the mystics hurt
their reputation for common sense and
literary sanity in other lines. Mrs. Laura
Holloway's Buddhistic Cookbook indicated
her interest in the Oriental religions some
years ago, and the topic is a frequent
subject of discussion at the Sunday evening
conversazione at her Brooklyn home. Mrs
Holloway is vegetarian and has not used
meat for years.
Matches between teams of lady cricketers
are not common in this country, but a
pretty one was played at Orange, the sum
mer home of fair athletes, this week. The
elevens were made up of young girls who
have varied their tennis with cricket all
summer, and who showed themselves
experienced and plucky as well as pretty
players. The teams were made up of New
Workers and Philadelphians respectively,
andpNew York beat the Quaker City by an
inning and three runs The players were
all society buds or blossoms and if they
dance as energetically as they bowled will
tire out some delicate young men this
winter Both elevens did some determined
wicket keeping The winning side fielded
remarkably well, and the losers owed their
defeat to weak batting. They did not mob
the umpireS, however, who were two
defenseless men. Cricket costumes are
picturesque. One eleven wore striped caps,
English scarlet silk blouse shirts and striped
scarlet and white skirts; the other eleven
wore yellow and white shirts, white skirts
and caps thrust through with sprays of
goldenrod. The game may yet become
popular with American girls, because
English girls play it, if for no other reason
Mrs. Langtry knows enough to make
friends with newspaper women, who, in
turn, spend a good deal of brain tissue in
kindly eloquence for her. She captured the
heart of Fannie B. Merrill, of the Graphic,
long ago, and this summer has been almost
lnSeparable from 'Bab, who babbles in the
Star.
The yellow to be used this fall is deep
orange SO vivid that it is employed in small
quantities A black velvet hat for instance,
low-crowned and wide brimmed, has as its
single touch of color tiny bunch of these
orange aigrettes There are half dozen
new greens, none of them pretty. Absnthe
and pale blue is going to be leading
combination. Red, now, as always, will be
daringly, dashingly employed till heavy
frosts have killed off natures carnival and
checked the recklessness which always, after
the latitude of summer dressing, character
| ICES autumn toilets
An odd fancy of the autumn is to wear
| gold and silver sleeve clasps set with big
| jewel. They are like those used in the days
of low-necked and short-sleeved afternoon
gowns and very decorative, but serve no
other toilet purpose
Low-crowned bonnets have appeared, but
it will take two years, at least, to make
them general. E. p. II.